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How Does Montag Change In Fahrenheit 451

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In today's society, the actions of others influence our actions more than ever, a good example of this is news networks and governments. These two examples both have a common goal, to inform people in the hopes that it might change their views, perspectives and personal growth. In the novel FAHRENHEIT 451, Ray Bradbury’s character Montag goes through a series of dramatic changes in his personal growth, perspectives and opinions. This then affected his judgment and his actions. There are three characters in this novel who have influenced Montag the most, these three characters are Mildred, Faber and Clarrise. Montag’s wife Mildred had a large impact on Montag's view and personal growth, she showed him that the people in their town were being influenced into filtering out their own problems and their …show more content…

”I wouldn't do a thing like that. Why would I do a thing like that?”(Bradbury 17). Not long after, the emergency personnel stated that it is a normal occurrence for somebody to overdose in their town. This shows Montag that dangerous things like overdosing happen often, and can happen to the people he loves the most. When Montag asks Mildred about her overdose, she pretends it never happened and ignores Montag’s worries. This shows Montag that people in his society are careless about their health and lives. Later in the novel Montag reads a paragraph out of the book The Sea Of Faith to Mildred and her friends while they were in the parlor having fun and watching the family. Clara starts crying and yelling at Montag to stop the reading. Mildred persisted by saying “Come on, let’s be cheery, you turn the ‘family’ on, now. Go ahead and get started. Let’s have a party!”(Bradbury 97). In this quote Mildred is trying to ignore Montag and his books, this is because Mildred and her friend are scared of the consequences of listening to the books. This shows Montag, that nobody wants to change their ways and they are ignoring their

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